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Tropical Storm MARCO (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM MARCO ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL132008
400 AM CDT TUE OCT 07 2008
 
...MARCO NEARING THE COAST OF MEXICO...SHOULD MAKE LANDFALL LATER
TODAY...

AT 4 AM CDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING SOUTH OF VERACRUZ.  A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM CABO ROJO
SOUTHWARD TO VERACRUZ.  TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...
AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...WITHIN THE WARNING AREA
LATER TODAY.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 400 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARCO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 96.1 WEST OR ABOUT 105
MILES...170 KM...SOUTHEAST OF TUXPAN MEXICO.
 
MARCO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.  ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF MARCO SHOULD BE VERY NEAR THE COAST OF MEXICO
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...AND MARCO
COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH WHEN IT REACHES THE COAST.
 
MARCO IS AN EXTREMELY SMALL TROPICAL CYCLONE.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ONLY EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 10 MILES...20 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
MARCO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES... WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MEXICAN STATES OF NORTHERN VERACRUZ...NORTHERN
PUEBLA... HILDALGO...AND SAN LUIS POTOSI.
 
REPEATING THE 400 AM CDT POSITION...20.1 N...96.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 700 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1000
AM CDT.
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
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